LOCAL MONEY BRIEFS.
COLUMN: LOCAL MONEY BRIEFS Paulhus is named CEO at Clinton Savings Bank CLINTON - Clinton Savings Bank President Robert J. Paulhus Jr. has been appointed chief executive of the bank. Mr. Paulhus has been president of the mutual community bank since 2008. He...

NAMM Rocks the Garden.
ANAHEIM, Calif., Jan. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Anaheim GardenWalk and NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) partner to treat convention goers and the public to a free music series! Beginning Thursday, January 15th through Saturday, January 17th, NAMM will host two concerts each night at Anaheim GardenWalk from 6:30pm -...

Steinway Provides Preliminary 2008 Results and Business Outlook for 2009.
WALTHAM, Mass., Jan. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc. , one of the world's leading manufacturers of musical instruments, today announced that Dana Messina, Chief Executive Officer, will give a presentation at the CJS Securities 9th Annual Investor Conference, which will be held in New York City on...

The final take: Music Roger Honeywell can't live without.
Tenor Roger Honeywell began his professional career as an actor working with some of Canada's foremost theatrical companies, including the Shaw and Stratford Festivals. Only after winning a Dora Mavor Moore Award for his performance in a musical, The House of Martin Guerre, did he set out as an...

VIDEO from Medialink and Guitar Center: Guitar Center Rocks Gamers.
NEW YORK, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Guitar Center, the world's largest retailer of musical instruments, recently announced the findings of a national survey linking the popular video games Guitar Hero and Rock Band to dramatic increases in the gamers' interest to own and play real instruments. Not only did...

Guitar Center: Gamers Migrating to Real Instruments.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-1 December 2008-Guitar Center: Gamers Migrating to Real Instruments(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Guitar Center, a retailer of musical instruments, recently announced the findings of a national survey linking the video games Guitar Hero and Rock Band to increases in the gamers' interest to own and...

McCabe's at 50.
Three-hour Special on Legendary Santa Monica Venue airs on KCRW Dec. 31, 9 am to Noon SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- 89.9 FM KCRW-Santa Monica and KCRW.com celebrate the history of McCabe's Guitar Shop in a three-hour music special produced by the station, McCabe's at...

Yamaha launches latest Junior Music Course.
Yamaha Corporation of America, (714) 522-9011; ymes@yamaha.com; www.yamaha.com. Yamaha has launched the latest edition of its Junior Music Course at authorized Yamaha Music Education System (YMES) locations nationwide. The curriculum has been updated by the Yamaha Music Foundation Tokyo's team of experts to reflect the...

A tribute to Henry Z. Steinway.
Henry Z. Steinway, a 2007 MTNA Achievement Award recipient and the last Steinway to run the piano-making company his family started in 1853, has died. He was 93. "Henry Steinway was a visionary businessman, a passionate lover of the arts and an eloquent advocate for music in...

Let me fix your piano.
Rudolph Spearnov and his wife Eleana escaped from Russia during the uprising. He was a well-known pianist. He had become engaged to his wife when she was 16, and they got married two years later when she was 18. He was 32 years old. Rudolph had saved...